DreamOfTheEndlessSky t1_iyb9lgf wrote
Reply to comment by Senyu in Forced Uyghur labor is being used in China's solar panel supply chain, researchers say by chrisdh79
Many sorts of things. Products ("to produce everything from mattresses, spectacles,road signs and body armour"), agriculture and firefighting through "convict leasing" programs ("Convict leasing was largely banned in the 20th century, but has once more grown in popularity as immigrant labor has become harder to find. Multiple states have now passed legislation allowing agricultural businesses to use prison labor when they cannot find enough workers to hire, and most prison workers are paid significantly less than non-prison labor.").
It's rather widespread.
Earlier this month, we doubled the number of states to have banned involuntary labor in prison … bringing it up to a heady eight, if challenges don't roll any back. We need more states to do so, and the Federal system as well.
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